Diqdiqqeh | DQ
| Context Title: | Diqdiqqeh | DQ |
| Context Name (Publication): | Diqdiqqeh |
| Context Name (Excavation): | Digdiggah; DQ |
| Context Name (Excavation): | Railway site |
| Context Description: | Essentially a suburb of the ancient city, this area is located about 2 km to the northeast of the ziggurat of Ur. The precise extents of Diqdiqqeh were never defined, but Woolley referred to it as the low ground between the main railway line and the branch that went to Nasiriyeh. The train lines no longer run in the same place they did in Woolley's day, but Corona images allow us to recreate their paths. This makes the general boundaries west, south, and east somewhat known but how far it stretched north is not completely clear. From the first season workers walking across this area picked up surface finds and brought them to Woolley. At that time the location did not have a fixed name in Woolley's mind and thus first season references sometimes say 'near the railway' or 'near Munshid's water engine.' In the second season Woolley decided to investigate more systematically, but after two days of excavation he decided there was not enough remaining architecture to reward further work. Instead, he continued to allow the workers to gather finds over the next ten seasons, and many later catalog cards state "brought in: Diqdiqqeh" The finds from Diqdiqqeh indicate that the ancient suburb played a role in manufacturing and perhaps in commerce. Canals seem to have met in the area and boats may have unloaded goods here. Many figurines, tools, moulds and other crafting items are among the finds, suggesting that Diqdiqqeh may have been an industrial area away from the main habitation. The so-called Treasury of Sin-Iddinam was also excavated in this general area in season 5. In the Antiquaries Journal of January 1925, Woolley described Diqdiqqeh as follows: A mile and a half NE. of the ziggurat, between the main railway line and the Nasiriyah branch, there is a patch of low-lying ground, occasionally cultivated, which the natives call Diqdiqqeh... a happy hunting-ground for treasure-seekers, and I took advantage of this fact to collect from the natives the scattered antiquities which they might bring to light. |
| Season Number: | 01: 1922-1923 |
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2525 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Red clay figurine. Female with flounced skirt, holding bottles. Head missing. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2526 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold earring. Crescent shaped, plate on core; cracked round edge. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2529 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Soapstone. Slightly concave. Recut. Rough inscription added. [inscription represented here] Perhaps, sal-me zu: thy salme. A special class of votary. The scene represents an introduction to a seated goddess. About 2400 BC. Inscription more recent. [drawing] |
| 2530 | 31-16-907 | (none) | (none) | Drab clay figurine. Male with flounced dress. Head missing. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 2531 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Carved shell head. Male, shaven. Neck pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2533 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Figurine. Drab clay. Seated figure with flounced dress, stars either side and dog at right foot, and monkey to left. Upper part missing. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2534 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Carved shell mask. Mother-of-pearl. Pierced for suspension. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2536 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone plumb-bob. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2540 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Greenish drab ware. Type CXXII =RC.83 (not p) |
| 2541 | 29-174-10 | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Pinkish drab clay, with broken mouth. Type CXXIII. | |
| 2544 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of inlay. Glazed frit, from flower pattern. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2545 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Figurine. Greenish drab clay. Headdress unusual and figure bearded and in round. [drawing] |
| 2546 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone object. Black stone, spiral capital: hollow centre to shaft. [drawing] |
| 2547 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper ring. Finger ring with bone inside. |
| 2551 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Figurine. Drab clay. Nude female suckling child; and legs missing. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2552 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Mask. Black stone, pierced top to bottom. Lower part of face missing. Shaven male. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2554 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Figurine. Drab clay. Clothed figure legs and feet only: carrying monkey. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2560 | 31-16-993 | (none) | (none) | Child's rattle. Drab clay; circular, of two pieces fitted together. Hole in one side. | |
| 2568 | (none) | (none) | (none) | _Seal impression_ on Fragment of clay sealing, with marks of strings at the back. Jar stopper : Procession of worshipers approaching [drawing] an altar? or a deity and bringing a kid offering About BC. 2400. Diqdiqqeh 1923-1924 |
| 2573 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pin. White stone. Point missing. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2590 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight. Granite. Type VI. |
| 2606 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Imitation vase. Drab clay, lip broken. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2610 | 29-174-20 | (none) | (none) | Clay watering pot. Hand moulded, with spout and holes in top. [drawing 1:1] Type as U.1892 | |
| 2630 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay figurine. Drab clay: seated goddess with left hand raised: Flounced dress: head and torso only. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2631 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of small soap-stone box. Engraved with circular design. Sketch. [drawing] |
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | Ur Excavations VII; The Old Babylonian Period | 1976 | Woolley, L. and M. Mallowan | (none) |
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